Thanou, other Greek track stars open 2008 season <0>
By Kostas Efthimiadis
Sunday, May 11 2008 10:26:03 AM

In her first appearance for 2008, Katerina Thanou won her 100m race very easily in relaxed form at the National Club Championships, at Agios Kosmas, Athens. The Greek star won with an 11.99 mark, but with a –2.7 wind. She didn’t have to press herself, and after the race, was asked about her just received silver medal from the world championships 100m race from Edmonton, 2001.

“I am very happy for that. I was expecting the medal, and now I will wait to see the decision of the IOC for the gold from Sydney. I don&rsquo...

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The New Hot Match Up <2>
By Conway Hill
Saturday, May 10 2008 8:48:04 AM

For several years we've anxiously awaited the head to head match up of the year’s top 100-meter men. But through the early part of this season it appears that THE best head to head sprint race this year may actually be contested between World and defending Olympic Champion Jeremy Wariner and World Champ’s runner up Lashawn Merritt.   We are all familiar with the last four years of Jeremy Wariner. Olympic Champion in Athens in 2004 with a sizzling 44.00, he followed that up with World Championships gold in Helsinki in '05 i...

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The C’s make strange bedfellows <1>
By Christopher Galakoutis
Wednesday, May 7 2008 11:07:12 PM

With just three months to go before the start of the Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has apparently seen fit to dust off an old rule from the Olympic Charter.

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Athletics: Cloud hangs over integrity of the sport <5>
By Conway Hill
Monday, May 5 2008 8:42:09 PM

In these trying times for the sport of track and field, the most important issue at stake is that of “Integrity.” And no, not just with respect to the matter of doping - though that is...

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Athletics: We're Failing Economics <2>
By Conway Hill
Wednesday, April 30 2008 4:32:33 PM

Last week, I discussed yet again the problem that track and field has with its current drug testing system. You know, the one that never really catches anyone. The one that's been beaten so often t...

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How Do We Know? <5>
By Conway Hill
Wednesday, April 23 2008 1:03:35 PM

Isn’t it funny how we generally accept that the majority of world records and top times on the women's side of the ledger have been "PED Assisted?" After all, the Russians and East...

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Weightlifting: Iakovou did not follow procedure in ordering supplements
By Christopher Galakoutis - Thursday, April 10 2008 9:51:25 PM

Weightlifting / Greece: ‘Long record of contamination at Chinese company’— Source
By Christopher Galakoutis - Wednesday, April 9 2008 12:44:54 PM

Lawyer for Christos Iakovou: “Chinese nutritional company is to blame”
By HellenicAthletes.com Staff - Monday, April 7 2008 3:38:58 PM

Weightlifting: Drug cocktail reportedly found in Greek lifters - UPDATE 2
By Christopher Galakoutis - Sunday, April 6 2008 4:25:38 PM

Nightmare for Greek Weightlifting after positive “A” samples -- UPDATE 2
HellenicAthletes.com Staff - Friday, April 4 2008 10:06:58 AM

A Tale of Two Sprinters
By Christopher Galakoutis - Saturday, April 19 2008 12:11:41 AM

Maurice Greene: Poster Boy or Pariah?
By Christopher Galakoutis - Tuesday, April 15 2008 11:35:09 PM

The Finger Pointing has Begun
By Conway Hill - Monday, April 14 2008 3:23:33 PM

We're being denied
By Conway Hill - Wednesday, April 9 2008 10:58:19 PM

Greece at the NATO Summit: Identity theft IS a big deal
By Christopher Galakoutis - Wednesday, April 2 2008 11:15:52 PM